I Visit an Old COAL MINE in POLAND. The CONDITIONS inside are SHOCKING. | Dawna Kopalnia Nowa Ruda
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Today I'm in the deep South of Poland near the Czech border. I'm in a small city called Nowa Ruda. Here they have an old coal mine that is now abandoned. But during the communist times, it was an active mine run by the Soviets who occupied Poland. They would force Poles to work in the mines to enrich Russia. Today I will explore the mine with a group of Polish people. I can't wait to find out what's inside.
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The mine in Nowa Ruda was not so much abandoned, but transformed into a kind of interactive museum. This is a very picturesque town in Lower Silesia, where the annual literary festival "Góry Literatury" takes place here, one of the initiators of which is our current Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, who has her summer home nearby.
It's a beautiful town, I will explore the center in the next video. It's so cool to know that a Noble Prise winner lives in Nowa Ruda. 👌🇵🇱
KWK is shorter form of 'Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego' that means just 'Coal Mine'. My grandfather worked hard underground in one of the coal mines in Silesia to survive after loss of his whole family and property near Lviv and being forcefully moved west.
Your father is a strong man. I don't wish this type of work on anyone.
Definitely a hard life being a coal miner. An interesting video realizing how lucky many of us didn't have to make a living doing this. I'm sure this shortened the life span on many of these workers having to work in that environment. Definitely an eye opener video my friend.
It must have been one of the most dangerous jobs there was. I'm sure that it dod shorten their lives considerably.
My Grandma's brother, worked there whole life
What a strong guy, he deserves a lot of respect for working here.
Another great video mate!
Thanks pal, looking forward to your next video.
@@TravelAddictGuy Thanks mate :)
The crossed hammer and pick-axe are a traditional mining symbol, not a Communist symbol.
In the spur of the moment I associated them with communist Russia. I was mistaken.
@@TravelAddictGuy Also, the former PZPR (Communist Party of Poland) never used the hammer and sickle in any of its promotional material. The PRL regime discontinued using the white eagle (coat of arms) from the flag that was often present in the Second Polish Republic. Nowadays, there are two official flags of Poland: both with and without the white eagle on the red shield. I mostly see the version with the white eagle used as flags on nautical vessels, while the version without the eagle is used everywhere else.
@@A_Canadian_In_Poland I didn't know that there were two different Polish flags. Thanks for sharing, especially about the PZPR.
@@A_Canadian_In_Poland There are not two flags. This second "flag" with the coat of arms is the so-called bandera "Ensign", can only be used by official representative offices of the country abroad, civilian airports and aircraft, port authorities, and Polish maritime vessels.
Interesting video, thanks.
It was a very unique experience. ⚒️😎
Seem nearly like a day in a life of a coal miner experience in Poland.
And everyone knows it’s not an easy or very safe job for those people.
It's incredibly hard to be a coal miner. They have my respect.
Thankyou my friend
@@tom12878 Appreciate that.
these werent communist (soviet) symbol, these were miners symbol - pay attention to the detail, the communist symbol was the hammer and the sickle, but there is no sickle, anyway nice trip downwards. I suggest you come to northen Poland. Thanks
I'm not that familiar with these symbols as I grew up in America. When I saw the photos I associated them with that period of communism. Sorry for the error.
@@TravelAddictGuy yes, I know, and the point here is not to question your work, just to emphasize the difference in symbolism, it is subtle, but it is there. Great movie otherwise
Well, you impressed me, my short-legged friend. you would be the master of the mine. dame dude... this is a hammer and a pickaxe. how in the world can you confuse it with something else in the mine... fuck with a sickle. what the fuck would you do with a sickle underground?
Thanks, my friend. What an incredible experience it was to visit Dawna Kopalnia.⛏️🇵🇱
@@TravelAddictGuy short king u got it on repaet.
@@sawomirmarnotrawny1694 What?
@@TravelAddictGuy exacty my reacion to youer stupiud comments and shit u do. CO or WTF? in free transation.
If you are fan of old mines, go to Wieliczka old mine
I've been there already, it's an amazing place. There is a video of Wieliczka on my channel.
These "Hammer and Pickaxe" symbols are not communist. And the Nazi flags were there because these are former German territories.
They aren't? What do they mean then.
@@TravelAddictGuy They are Miners' symbols. Communists had a hammer and sickle.
@@marcelmarceli8238 Sorry for the mistake.
@@TravelAddictGuy Who doesn't do them 🙂. Thank you for the beautiful film and reports from this place.
@@marcelmarceli8238 🙏
Congratulations on getting a new job 😉 you will make a lot of money, stay safe ✌
Hahaha, thanks. I'm finally glad to have a Polish job. ⛏️😎😄
Nowa Ruda ,Jelenia Gòra , Karpacz,Szklarska Poręba , Kotlina Kłodzka ,( Kłodzko ),Kotlina Jeleniogòrska ( Jelenia Gòra ). Warte do obejrzenia . Tak Polska to jest piękny kraj turystycznie ale niestety dalej mamy Komunizm w Polsce .
I'm looking forward to seeing many more of these small towns in Poland. I thought communism was over in Poland?
Wybrał Pan region Polski gdzie są gòry ,piękne widoki , Komunizm w Polsce jeszcze się tak do końca nie skończył. Dalej panują ròżne nienormalności w Polsce ...No ale Pana interesują ciekawe miejsca ( Dolny Śląsk ) 🇵🇱🇺🇸🇵🇱🇺🇸👍
Yes, I love it here in lower Silesia. Dziekuje.
If I hear one more auto-answer from ya we'll you are a slow.
I don't do auto answers. I write each one myself.